GERON218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dying Young, Infant Mortality, Golden Retriever

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Gerontology
• Course: GERON218
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Individual level 1: death and lifespan development: do(cid:374)"t forget the fa(cid:373)ily syste(cid:373): has an impact how people experience death. Some people hit these milestones of death related early or late depending on death they have to experience; simple fxn of experience. Absence of relationships (ex. suicide high for unattached, elderly men) Think about infant mortality rates and new life expectancies. How we think of our death and the death of others. Trying to figure out what they are thinking. More sensitive research methods, we can see what children are capable of at earlier and earlier ages. Not saying that they have a concept of death, but they have a concept of absence. Separation anxiety; absence of caregiver is registering therefore absence registers. See building blocks early on burris malfunction story of his nephew; very primary, but a foundation. Emotional tenor; can pick up on emotions and tone of voice of people.